“Maybe this is the difference between us and the monsters.”Dudian didn’t argue with him: “You used the Abyss to experiment. Do you want to research the power that surpasses that of a King?”
Boro smiled: “You are not stupid. Come out.”
Dudian stepped out of the cage and followed Boro: “Do you want to become an Aragami?”
“Aragami?”Bolo didn’t look back, he laughed: “Although Aragami are strong but they are out of their essence. I don’t want to become something that isn’t even a ‘human’. Otherwise I will be honest and be my king.”
Something that isn’t even a human?
Dudian was surprised. He thought about the ten meters tall Aragami. It seemed that his previous guess was right. Aragami weren’t human.
“As long as your mind is your own, why should you care if your body is human?”Dudian deliberately said: “Our current posture shouldn’t be considered as human.”
“The alienation of the body is a small matter.”Boro glanced at him, “But some things can affect your thinking. For example, some magic marks will bring strength to the body. They will subtly transform the body so that the colonists will love the fresh blood and meat. In the end, they can only feed on monsters or humans. When they are hungry, they may not be called ‘human’. But after they fill their stomachs, they will return to normal thinking. Such changes can only be considered weak.”
Dudian was slightly startled. He knew that although magic marks couldn’t directly affect the brain but it would change the body. The changes in the body would affect the brain. It was like the smell of fresh blood, the resistance of the brain to the blood might be weakened. It might not feel disgusting anymore. It might even feel delicious and sweet.
“So, the Aragami will affect the thinking, and so will the king?”Dudian asked.
“Of course, the more you get, the more you lose. As for what you lose, it varies from person to person. Some care about it, some don’t.”Boro said indifferently: “But if you originally cherish something, when you become a king, your thinking will change, but you will no longer care about it, then do you still want to become a King?”
Dean was shocked.
His first thought was about Aisha. If... His obsession after becoming a king was no longer to resurrect her or even think that she was unimportant, then what was the meaning of all his efforts?
He suddenly felt that God was playing tricks on him. He was like an ant on a chessboard. He thought that he was taking the right step, but he didn’t know that there was an invisible “Line”under his feet!
How many people had forgotten what they wanted in the process of growing up?
Perhaps it was like a fish in a ditch. When it rushed into the river, it could only move in the same direction as the waves of the river. There was no way to go against the current or change it. It could only drift with the current.
“Stop is the abyss, forward... or the abyss.”Dudian muttered to himself. He was a bit confused.
“We are here.”Boro’s voice came out and pulled Dudian’s mind back.
They left the cell and went through the spacious living room. They went down the stairs from another corridor. Boro pushed open the heavy door in front of him. There was a bright laboratory inside. The walls were made of white aluminum, there were many instruments and three hospital beds inside.
Dudian looked at one of the experimental beds and saw Zaite’s figure lying on it. But at the moment his appearance was very strange. Other than half of his face, his body was completely unrecognizable, there was a black thigh-thick body protruding from his abdomen. It looked like the tail of a very thick poisonous snake. His broken arm was connected to the swollen tissue. It looked like two bloated intestines with a purple surface, it was emitting a fishy smell.
Dudian’s heart slowly sank. He looked at the other parts of the laboratory but didn’t see Aisha. He clenched his teeth and asked in a low voice: “Where is she?”
“Who?”
“Aisha.”
“Is she the corpse king?”Boro reacted, boro chuckled: “It seems that you care about her. Don’t worry. I don’t Lack Corpse Kings so I don’t need to use her for the experiment. Moreover she is different from ordinary corpse kings. She should be a descendant of the Witcher family.”? “This is a rare treasure. After I finish this experiment, it won’t be too late to study it. If I can find something new, maybe...”
He licked his lips and didn’t continue. He went straight to a tall cross next to the laboratory and waved to Dean.
Dean was relieved to see that Aisha was alright for the time being. However, his next words made his heart colder. However, he knew that anger was useless. He restrained his killing intent and slowly walked over.
It was a cross made of steel. There were shackles on it. It seemed to be used for fixing people. The edge of the cross was stained with Rust and blood.
“Go up.”Boro said.
Dean followed Boro’s instructions and stood up.
Boro smiled. He was very worried about obedient experiments like dean. Unlike some experiments which knew that struggling was useless. It was a pity that he accidentally damaged them.
Although he knew that Dudian was sensible, Boro still handcuffed dudian. He pushed a cart from the side. There were various tools and drugs on it. He took out a syringe and a tube of liquid, he injected it into Dudian’s body.
Dudian felt his body gradually become numb.
“Anesthetic?”Dudian opened his mouth. He felt that his tongue was a bit numb. Although he knew that he would become an experiment subject or even be cut open, but he didn’t know how.., he wasn’t afraid. Perhaps he was mentally prepared when he was arrested. But at this moment he was curious about the efficacy of Boro’s anesthetic!
Boro took off his animal fur coat and put on a white coat. He looked like a doctor. He took out disinfectant from the car and sprayed it on a pair of gloves. The air was filled with the smell of disinfectant.
“You are not nervous.”Boro put on the mask and looked up at dudian. He didn’t judge from Dudian’s expression but from his heartbeat and body functions.
“I have done these experiments before but I never thought that I would become someone else’s experiment one day.”Dudian used his numb tongue to continue, “What is the difference between the Abyss and the King? It shouldn’t be the number of polar ice insects.”
“Do you want to know?”Boro took off Dudian’s clothes. Dudian didn’t wear the standard armor from the god of war’s wall. The armor had hindered his transformation and had been discarded long ago, boro easily tore off the shirt and short sleeve that he was wearing. In the blink of an eye he was standing in front of him naked.
Boro took out a silver knife from the small car. It seemed to be made of silver. After disinfection he touched Dudian’s six abdominal muscles and slowly cut them open.
Dudian looked at his body that was cut open. There wasn’t much fear. Maybe it had something to do with the lack of pain. He said: “Of course I want to. I am a dying man anyway. I want to get rid of the confusion in my heart before I die.”
Boro gently smiled. He took a cloth from the side and sprayed an unknown potion on it. He slowly wiped the wound on Dudian’s abdomen. Soon the blood stopped.
“It’s very easy to become a king.”Boro’s hands moved as he spoke. It was boring for him to stay here alone. It was the first time that he met an experiment like Dudian. He was happy to chat with him, boro said: “As long as you find a polar ice worm king or cultivate one yourself.”